BUSY AT THE RESTAURANT

I was not able to check some of the things that I do regularly because I was so busy at the restaurant. Yesterday, there was a function held in the restaurant. I was catering about 200 persons inside my restaurant and I prepared about 20 dishes for them. They are just not regular customers but diplomats from different countries. They were having their annual diplomats meeting and my restaurant was their chosen venue for their meeting.

I prepared for them 20 different dishes that I cooked myself. It really pays off when you have so many different recipe books with you. Like me, I have almost 50 recipe books, dishes all over the world. Before their meeting, I was learning their cooking ways and I was so happy that I made it right. I also would like to give credit to my kitchen staffs and my assistant chef in the restaurant for their undying support to make the function a success.

I was told that the next meeting will be held in other area and they still want me to do the cooking for the occasion. As a chef, having this kind of praise is really heart warming and it really feels good as a chef to receive such acknowledgment. If the will push through next year, I will be preparing not just 20 dishes but around 40 dishes to cater to 500 people. I think I really need to start to collect more recipe books this time.